: Robert Antosia, John Cahill
: Robert Antosia, John D. Cahill
: Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine
: Springer-Verlag
: 9780387328041
: 1
: CHF 133.00
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: Nichtklinische Fächer
: English
: 456
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This is an essential portable handbook on bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Its practical and comprehensive text features chapters pertinent to bioterrorism, infectious disease, microbiology, virology, public health, epidemiology, and disaster medicine. It will serve as a practical guide for situation-specific disasters; recognize what injuries or illnesses to expect; provide proactive guidelines to define specific diseases; and give a guide of appropriate personnel protective equipment during these large-scale emergencies. It is an essential companion to those either interested or currently working in any of the aforementioned fields.
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CONTRIBUTORS5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS10
PREFACE11
CONTENTS12
PART I GENERAL CONCEPTS16
1 DEFINING A DISASTER17
2 EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS19
3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS21
4 TRIAGE25
5 DISASTER LOGISTICS33
6 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS37
7 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS39
8 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS43
9 COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES45
PART II NATURAL DISASTERS51
10 EARTHQUAKES53
11 VOLCANOES57
12 FLOODS63
13 TSUNAMIS67
14 HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS71
15 TORNADOES75
16 DROUGHT79
17 FIRESTORMS AND WILDFIRES81
18 HEATWAVE/ HYPERTHERMIA87
19 WINTER STORM DISASTERS AND HYPOTHERMIA93
PART III BIOEVENTS AND MANMADE DISASTERS101
20 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WAR AND CONFLICT103
21 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION109
22 ANTHRAX115
23 SMALLPOX119
24 PLAGUE123
25 TULAREMIA129
26 VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS133
27 BOTULISM139
28 Q FEVER143
29 BRUCELLOSIS147
30 ALPHAVIRUSES151
31 RICIN157
32 EPSILON TOXIN161
33 STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B163
34 FOOD- AND WATER- BORNE AGENTS165
35 MELIOIDOSIS171
36 NERVE AGENTS175
37 VESICANTS181
38 PULMONARY AGENTS185
39 CYANIDES191
40 NUCLEAR DETONATION/ IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE197
41 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISASTERS203
42 MARITIME DISASTERS207
43 AVIATION DISASTERS211
PART IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER-RELATED INJURIES AND DISEASE215
PART IVA BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE215
44 THE ABCS AND RESUSCITATION ALGORITHMS FOR CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST217
45 SHOCK: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT221
46 INTRAVENOUS FLUID REQUIREMENTS AND BLOOD PRODUCTS225
DECONTAMINATION231
48 ACUTE INHALATION INJURY241
49 ELECTRICAL INJURIES249
50 TOXICOLOGY253
PART IVB INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF DISASTER258
51 MEASLES259
52 APPROACH TO DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY263
53 MALARIA267
54 MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS273
55 TUBERCULOSIS279
56 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS,TYPE 1, AND AIDS285
57 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES289
58 SCHISTOSOMIASIS293
59 TETANUS299
60 BITEWOUNDS AND RABIES305
61 TICK- BORNE DISEASES313
62 LEPTOSPIROSIS321
PART IVC BASIC TRAUMAMANAGEMENT328
63 WOUND CARE MANAGEMENT329
64 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA333
65 THORACIC TRAUMA339
66 NEUROTRAUMA345
67 BLAST INJURIES351
68 CRUSH INJURIES355
69 MISSILE INJURIES359
70 BURN MANAGEMENT363
PART V PEDIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS AND DISASTERS370
71 PEDIATRIC PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES371
72 NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN MALNUTRITION375
73 TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN379
74 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC DISASTER VICTIMS383
75 PEDIATRIC-SPECIFIC DISASTER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS389
76 PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY TEAM RESPONSE TO DISASTER395
PART VI MEDICAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS401
77 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE403
78 SHELTER407
79 REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS411
80 CHILD SOLDIERS415
81 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH419
PART VII EDUCATION, HEALTH ISSUES, AND RESOURCES423
82 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS425
83 SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE431
84 JCAHO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS439
85 HEALTH AND THE HUMANITARIAN/ DISASTERWORKER445
86 IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS449
87 HEALTHCARE WORKER EXPOSURES TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS457
88 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER463
89 INTERNATIONAL LAW:A PRIMER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS469
90 A GUIDE TO THE WORLDWIDE WEB479
INDEX481